This hiking trail, divided into 22 stages, begins in Sri Lanka's second largest city of Kandy, close to the area where Scotsman James Taylor first planted tea in the country in the mid-1800s.

In the remote hills behind the city of Kandy, in Sri Lanka's central highlands, the tea plantations stretch out over rolling hills like a vast emerald carpet. In estates all over the region ...

As I ventured into the heart of Sri Lanka’s highlands, Kandy unfolded like a vivid tapestry, woven with threads of its colonial past and the lush, green vibrancy of its famous tea plantations.

Sri Lanka is now the fourth largest tea exporter in the world, and the country’s tea history is showcased at the Ceylon Tea Museum in town. Queen’s Hotel in the heart of Kandy was a home for the ...

Say Spain. What comes to mind would be colourful festivals and long winding footpaths such as the Camino de Santiago – Way of ...

A truck carrying 5,031.2 kilos of substandard tea, commonly referred to as “refuse tea” or tea waste, was intercepted near ...

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The 186-mile Pekoe Trail —completed last March and named for the high-grade black tea produced on many Sri Lankan estates—is ...

The best hotels in Sri Lanka: From Kandy to Colombo - The island country is one of the hottest destinations of 2025. From tea plantation bungalows and modern jungle villas, to beachside estates ...

Cruse, who is married to a Sri Lankan, says that she has visited Kandy and Nuwara Eliya several ... The history of tea in Sri Lanka is inextricably linked with the Indian-Tamil plantation workers ...